Radio daze : stories from the front in Cleveland's FM air wars / Mike Olszewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Olszewski, Mike, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radio broadcasting--Ohio--Cleveland Region--History.

Radio broadcasting.

Rock music--Ohio--Cleveland Region--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (489 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essentially the story of WMMS, Radio Daze captures the radio scene during the '70s and '80s, chronicling how this small FM rock station became the top-rated station in Northeast Ohio and made Cleveland one of the most important radio markets in the world. Mike Olszewski obtained exclusive interviews with many radio legends, revealing how insidious and destructive the battle for radio dominance became. Among other things, he exposes the story behind the reports of ballot box stuffing by WMMS to win the prestigious Rolling Stone magazine Readers' Poll for best radio station in the country and some of the dirty tricks played by radio stations to get the edge on their competitors.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""Part 1: A Generation Finds a new voice: 1968�1975""; ""The Birth of Progressive Rock Radio""; ""The Electric Renaissance""; ""The Times, They Are a-Changin'""; ""Bass Makes His Move""; ""The New Beginning""; ""Rock-and-Roll Television""; ""Coffee's On""; ""Expanding the Horizon""; ""Ziggy Invades ClevelandTaking a History""; ""Sold! The Physical Examination""; ""Shake, Rattle�And Roll On""; ""Where Do We Turn?""; ""The Long Battle Ahead""

""Winds of Change, Winds of War""""Feeling Lucky, Punk?""; ""Part 2: FM Rock Comes of Age: 1975�1983""; ""The Pot Begins to Boil""; ""Transitions""; ""Bowie Goes Pop""; ""Buzzards, Penguins, and All Kinds of Animals""; ""The Start of a DynastyThe Testicles""; ""Happy Birthday�From the Boss!Sperm Cell Production""; ""Television, Togas, Playboy, and the Buzzard's Enemies ListThe Sperm Matures""; ""Gateway to the Eighties""; ""Dominance and Decay""; ""Baseball Buzzards""; ""The Long March Continues""; ""Another One Bites the Dust""; ""Part 3: Benchmarks: 1983�1988""; ""Drugs""; ""Payola""

""News""""Exclusives""; ""Get Down!""; ""Mr. Leonard""; ""The Buzzard""; ""How Did That Happen?""; ""The Battle Rages""; ""Beat It""; ""The Line in the Sand""; ""Stages""; ""Live Wire""; ""The Legend Grows""; ""The New Face of the Enemy""; ""The Fight for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame""; ""All Aboard the North Coast Express""; ""Bar Blasters, Browns, and the Revenge of the Buzzard""; ""The Buzzard Droppings Hit the Fan""; ""Part 4: The Changing of the Guard: 1988�1999""; ""Baby, I Was Born to Run""; ""The Numbers Game""; ""Taylor Hall, Beatle Paul, and Paint Falls""

""The Buzzard Flies West""""The Heart of Rock and Roll""; ""The New Kid in Town""; ""Transition""; ""Enter the Inner Sanctum""; ""Days of Uncertainty""; ""The Long Goodbye""; ""Howard Stern in Cleveland""; ""Aftermath""; ""The New Zoo""; ""Buzzard Paloozas""; ""Thirty Days in the Hole""; ""Change Again""; ""Epilogue""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 450-456) and index.

ISBN:

1-61277-367-2